ASA Statistical Education Section
Session Slot: 10:30-12:20 Tuesday
Estimated Audience Size: 125-175
AudioVisual Request: Two Overheads
Session Title: The Advanced Placement Statistics Exams: The First Two Years
Theme Session: No
Applied Session: Yes
Session Organizer: Whittinghill, Dexter C. Rowan University
Address: Dept. of Mathematics, Rowan University, 201 Muillica Hill Rd., Glassboro NJ 08028
Phone: 609-256-4500 x3879
Fax: 609-256-4921
Email: whittinghill@rowan.edu
Session Timing: 110 minutes total (Sorry about format):
Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 minutes First Speaker - 25 minutes Second Speaker - 25 minutes Third Speaker - 25 minutes Discussant - 20 minutes Floor Discusion - 10 minutes
Session Chair: Whittinghill, Dexter C. Rowan University
Address: Dept. of Mathematics, Rowan University, 201 Muillica Hill Rd., Glassboro NJ 08028
Phone: 609-256-4500 x3879
Fax: 609-256-4921
Email: whittinghill@rowan.edu
Rosemary A. Roberts, Department of Mathematics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. 25 min.
1. As the Dust Settles: The 1997 and 1998 Advanced Placement Statistics Exams.
Roberts, Rosemary A., Bowdoin College
Address: Dept. of Mathematics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME 04011
Phone: 207-725-3566
Fax: 207-725-3123
Email: rroberts@bowdoin.edu
Abstract: The first Advanced Placement Statistics examination was taken by 7600 students - more than twice the number expected. This paper discusses the types of questions that might appear on an AP Statistics exam, giving examples from the first two exams. A brief description of the AP Statistics Course and exam specifications will be given as background information.
2. What's a Rubric?: Scoring the Open Ended Questions
Olsen, Chris, George Washington High School
Address: George Washington High School, Cedar Rapids, IA
Phone:
Fax:
Email: olsen@snert.crwash.k12.ia.us
Abstract: The concept of rubric grading will be discussed, and examples from the AP Statistics tests will be used for illustrative purposes. In addition, the role of "Wholistic" as opposed to "Analytic" grading will be addressed. The construction of a rubric will be modeled, and its evolution traced through the complete AP Statistics test grading process. Since student responses are many and varied, the process is not without some surprises and perplexities; examples of students' surprises will be shared, and sympathy elicited!
Richard L. Scheaffer, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 25 min.
3. Why did Pat get a 3?: Making the Grade in AP Statistics
Scheaffer, Richard L., University of Florida
Address: Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611-8545
Phone: 904-392-1941
Fax: 904-392-5175
Email: scheaffe@stat.ufl.edu
Abstract: For each AP program, the Reading is an Event. What happens at a Reading of free-response questions will be discussed, along with what happens after the Reading to turn raw scores into the grades received by the students. An interesting part of the process involves a comparability study to see how AP scores relate to college grades in a similar course. Additional discussion will center on how the AP program is being received by colleges around the country, how colleges are handling the scores, and what statisticians might do to help the process.
Discussant: Velleman, Paul F. Cornell University
Address: Dept. of Statistics, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853-3901
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Email: pfv2@cornell.edu